Psalm 50:17
New International Version
You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.

New Living Translation
For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash.

English Standard Version
For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.

Berean Standard Bible
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

King James Bible
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

New King James Version
Seeing you hate instruction And cast My words behind you?

New American Standard Bible
“For you yourself hate discipline, And you throw My words behind you.

NASB 1995
“For you hate discipline, And you cast My words behind you.

NASB 1977
“For you hate discipline, And you cast My words behind you.

Legacy Standard Bible
For you hate discipline, And you cast My words behind you.

Amplified Bible
“For you hate instruction and discipline And cast My words behind you [discarding them].

Christian Standard Bible
You hate instruction and fling my words behind you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You hate instruction and turn your back on My words.

American Standard Version
Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?

Contemporary English Version
You refused correction and rejected my commands.

English Revised Version
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You hate discipline. You toss my words behind you.

Good News Translation
You refuse to let me correct you; you reject my commands.

International Standard Version
You hate instruction and toss my words behind you.

Majority Standard Bible
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

NET Bible
For you hate instruction and reject my words.

New Heart English Bible
seeing you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?

Webster's Bible Translation
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

World English Bible
since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Indeed, you have hated instruction, "" And cast My words behind you.

Young's Literal Translation
Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

Smith's Literal Translation
And thou hatedst instruction, and thou wilt cast my words behind thee.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Truly, you have hated discipline, and you have cast my sermons behind you.

New American Bible
You hate discipline; you cast my words behind you!

New Revised Standard Version
For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Seeing that you hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
But you have hated my instruction and you have cast my words behind you.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest My words behind thee.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Whereas thou hast hated instruction, and hast cast my words behind thee.
Audio Bible



Context
The Mighty One Calls
16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? 17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you. 18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.…

Cross References
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 1:24-25
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, / because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

Proverbs 5:12-13
and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof! / I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

Isaiah 30:9
These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.

Jeremiah 6:10
To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

Jeremiah 7:24-26
Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. / From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.

Jeremiah 11:10
They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.

Jeremiah 13:10
These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.

Ezekiel 33:31-32
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain. / Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice.

Zechariah 7:11-12
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Mark 7:9
He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.

Luke 6:46
Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?

Luke 11:28
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

John 12:48
There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.


Treasury of Scripture

Seeing you hate instruction, and casts my words behind you.

hatest

Proverbs 1:7,28,29
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction…

Proverbs 5:12,13
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; …

Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

castest

Nehemiah 9:26
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

Isaiah 5:23
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Jeremiah 8:9
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

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For you hate My instruction
The phrase "For you hate My instruction" begins with the conjunction "For," which connects this verse to the preceding context, indicating a reason or explanation. The Hebrew word used here is "כִּי" (ki), often used to introduce a cause or reason. This sets the stage for understanding the heart condition of those being addressed. The word "hate" is translated from the Hebrew "שָׂנֵא" (sane), which conveys a strong aversion or intense dislike. In the biblical context, this is not merely an emotional response but a willful rejection of God's guidance and commandments. "My instruction" refers to God's law and teachings, derived from the Hebrew "מוּסָר" (musar), which encompasses correction, discipline, and moral guidance. This phrase highlights the rebellious nature of those who reject divine wisdom, emphasizing the importance of embracing God's teachings as a path to righteousness.

and cast My words behind you
The phrase "and cast My words behind you" uses the imagery of physically throwing something away, indicating a deliberate and conscious decision to disregard God's words. The Hebrew verb "תַּשְׁלִיךְ" (tashlikh) means to throw or cast away, suggesting an intentional act of rejection. "My words" refers to the divine utterances, commandments, and promises given by God, emphasizing their sacred and authoritative nature. The act of casting them "behind you" symbolizes neglect and contempt, as if God's words are deemed unworthy of attention or consideration. This phrase serves as a powerful indictment of those who choose to ignore divine revelation, urging believers to hold God's words in the highest regard, keeping them at the forefront of their lives and decisions.

Verse 17. - Seeing thou hatest instruction (comp. Proverbs 1:25, 29). God, by his Law, teaches men their duties; but many men "hate" to be instructed. And castest my words behind thee (comp. 1 Kings 14:9; Nehemiah 9:26). They proceed from "inward alienation" to "open rejection" of the moral law.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For you
וְ֭אַתָּה (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

hate
שָׂנֵ֣אתָ (śā·nê·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8130: To hate

My instruction
מוּסָ֑ר (mū·sār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4148: Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint

and cast
וַתַּשְׁלֵ֖ךְ (wat·taš·lêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7993: To throw out, down, away

My words
דְּבָרַ֣י (də·ḇā·ray)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

behind you.
אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃ (’a·ḥă·re·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 310: The hind or following part


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